Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-say
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak ill of (someone).

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The worde gone out she backe againe would call, / As her repenting so to have missayd [...]."

Etymology

From Middle English misseien, misseyen, misseggen, equivalent to mis- + say. Cognate with Middle Dutch misseggen (“to missay”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: misseien

Usage

Inflected Forms

missays (present, singular) missaying (participle, present) missaid (participle, past) missaid (past)

Derived Forms

missayer

Questions

What does missay mean?: To speak ill of (someone).
Where does missay come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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